Shine Bright

Work

Rapt Studio

Year

2015

Size

150,000 sq/ft Ground Up Building and Interiors

Interior Program

Tech Company Workspace

Location

Utah, USA

The objective for this project was to embody the location, environment and client’s values through a design that was familial yet able to stand out from its surroundings. We created a flexible system of experiences that reinforce the people-focused and revolutionary spirit of our client, both through the building and interior spaces. Through the use of dynamic axial shifts we allowed our building to dictate ones focus towards the mountains. The concept behind both the exterior and interior faceted architecture was to communicate our client’s vision for always looking forward, thus never static and constantly innovative in its ways. When driving by or experiencing the interiors, our design embodies movement and change. For the interior spaces we communicated our client’s solar dedication, through a gradient affect that alludes to the solar cycle. With a five-person team at Rapt Studio, I was completely involved in the development, design and production from schematic design through the documentation of this project.

Building Concept Development

Sun Path Siting Building Views

Rectangular Mass Extend Ends Indented Balconies

E.I.F.S. Distribution Strategy - Low Vs. High Visual Impact

Interior Office Space

Interior Concept Design

Typ Office Floor Plan - faceted walls

Faceted Walls

Swipe

Work

Rapt Studio

Year

2016

Size

20,000 sq/ft

Program

Tech Company Work-space

Location

Pennsylvania, USA

Bringing the tech vibe and open plan work style to Pennsylvania was the client’s first priority. How can we create a space that tells our employees who we are and entices prospective clients and talent about the potential of the company?

Rapt's objective was to design an experience that will allow our client to foster a culture of innovation and retain the best talent. We strove to design an inspiring workplace that will secure our client's position at the forefront of the payment technology landscape, smoothly supporting the move from a traditional financial services company into a technology driven organization. With a team of five, I was completely involved in the development, design and production from schematic design through construction administration of this project.

Floor Plan

Reflected Ceiling Plan

Power and Signal Plan

Smile

Work

Rapt Studio

Year

2015

Program

Dental Clinic

Location

Arizona, USA

The “future of dentistry” was the driving concept behind this project. Our design challenge was to change the way patients perceive and receive dental care. We were able to do this by making design decisions based off of the characteristics of innovative, familial and fun. Along with a subtle, clean and soft palette we are able to evoke this notion of the familiar. The operatory room’s pitched ceiling plays off of a classic residential roof-line as well as brings a twist on the basic tooth structure; literally a "playful edge." With a team of two graphic designers and two spatial designers, I was completely involved in the development, design and production from programming through to construction administration.

Documentation

Operatory Ceiling Drawings

Operatory Double Sided Cabinet

Product Design

Lets Roll

Work

Rapt Studio

Year

2017

Size

250 sq/ft trailer

Interior Program

Mobile Dental Clinic

Location

Austin, TX

“We’ll come to you”, that’s their motto. In order for preventative dental care to succeed, flexibility and convenience become essential. This design, based on innovation and accessibility, flips the industry on its head and brings the doctor to you. With a growing number of campus based companies, the dental industry could cater to the workforce through mobility. As the lead designer, along with the support of a graphic designer, an architect and a design director, we created a form that evokes a sense of community through three recognizable rooflines. The familiarity of the home was used as the focal point of this project with humble materials and simple details.

Concept Development

Costa Rican Schoolhouse

Work

1 Month Design Build Project

Group

14 Students

Year

January 2013

Location

La Flor, Costa Rica

Program

Education

This project was part of a one-month design build studio in La Flor, Costa Rica. Within the agricultural campus of Earth University, 13 of my classmates and I built a prototype schoolhouse that developed systems to improve sustainability, air circulation, water collection/filtration and sun regulation for the Central American climates. Our goal of sustainability did not only apply to systems and local material use, but also a key result was the building’s ability to be replicated. By observing and learning about the environmental challenges prevalent in the dry tropics, we were able to design a building whose characteristics responded directly to our site. During our discussions and debates, a few key systems and design elements were agreed upon. The weather conditions became the driving factor. Our siting, just to the Northeast of a vegetated grove, protects the building from the prevailing winds while also positioning our roof line to help collect water during the rainy season. Once these initial site decisions were made, we were able to finalize a structural as well as aesthetically pleasing design. From when we broke ground to the last day of construction, my classmates and I were able to complete the buildings structural framing in two weeks.

Construction Drawings

Construction Process

Completed Schoolhouse

D.C. Exchange

Work

1 Semester independent Design Thesis

Year

May 2014

Program

Community Driven Food Market

Location

Washington, DC

Floor Area

1 Acre

Infrastructure is the foundation of all cities. Everyday our vital resources are delivered by unseen networks. There are two types of infrastructure: systems that require human presence and those that do not. Infrastructure that supplies resources falls within the latter category, because its function does not involve prolonged human access. The general public rarely acknowledges the spaces devoted to resource distribution, unless the resource is not forthcoming. The disconnect between source and recipient becomes a critical issue. Over time, infrastructure technology changes, and existing systems are rendered obsolete. Can defunct infrastructure be the tool that passively heightens awareness of resource consumption? Would public access to these hidden spaces raise awareness of the resources surrounding us? In order for these structures to be usable spaces in modern society, we must take into account the addition of ventilation, daylight, and human dimensions.

Because the roots of resource infrastructure begin with ancient aqueducts, this thesis will investigate the McMillan Slow Sand Filtration site, which supplied the nation’s capitol with chemically free filtered water from 1905 to 1986. I am creating a Community Driven Movement through the DC Exchange marketplace. Through the intervention of ventilation, daylight and proportional space, such infrastructure will once again become usable space in modern society.

Site Plan

Site Zoning Study

Surface Intervention

Single Cell Structural Plan

Landscape Plan - Topography Manipulation

Below Grade Floor Plan

Site Sections

North Capitol Street Entrance

Public Park Design

Community Kitchen

Community Marketplace

Parking Lot and Multi-Purpose Space

Systems Diagram

Existing Site Conditions - Study Model

Topography Intervention - Study Model

Children's Museum

Work

Team Competition

Result

3rd prize, AIA

Year

Winter 2014

Program

Museum

Location

Louisville, KY

Floor Area

12,000 sq/m

When conceptualizing our design for the Louisville Children’s museum, we wanted to take the fun and exciting qualities that shape children’s design and allow these aspects to extend past the building’s facade. Our concept was to design a “Cultural Campus” that unifies the museum as well as the urban spaces throughout the site (which includes the parking structure and surrounding landscape). The program called for interior space dedicated to a museum, library and Hi-Tech start up incubator. In order to create separation between spaces, we split our massing in half, which allows for open space to fall in the middle. This public space becomes an anchor point for museum activities as well as an interactive space for the surrounding neighborhood. In order to connect the two masses, a series of bridges were developed to house potential exhibition space as well as create a visual and spatial narrative with the public space below. Solid structural elements were designed to protrude from the facade, which provide interactive screens that display what exhibits are occurring. In order to reinforce connection throughout the neighborhood, one of the buildings is lifted off the ground to create seamless circulation from the parking structure to the museum entrance. This unique massing strategy in turn allows visitors, workers and neighbors to interact throughout the day.

During my internship work at Praud, I was a part of the development and design of the below completed visual submission. All the work displayed was created and produced by a team of 5 at Praud (Rafael Luna - co-founder, Dongwoo Yim - co-founder, Geonwoo Nam, Zhilin Ding).

Environmental Axon

North Elevation

South Elevation

East Elevation

Cross Section

Longitudinal Section

Kinmen Ring

Work

Team Competition

Year

Winter 2014

Location

Kinmen, Taiwan

Program

Ferry Terminal

Site Area

52,000 sq/m

Floor Area

42,480 sq/m

When it comes to public facilities for transit, the main priorities are functionality, efficiency, and cost effectiveness. In the rare occasion that such facilities are able to capitalize on brilliant design, it is even rarer for such spaces to harvest public gathering and activity spaces within its walls. These facilities are there to function and function flawlessly, so that commuters can enter and exit as quickly as possible. But what if such a space becomes a hub of interaction and public gathering? Would our outlook on travel shift as well? The ring form is able to give meaning and context to an enclosed and secure public hub. When traveling, waiting is inevitable. The ring form harbors the potential for additional programs and activities to occur within a fully functioning transit facility. Instead of creating a secured building that is unconnected to its surrounding, culture and land, the Kinmen Ring prevents travelers from losing sight of where they are and the culture surrounding the city of Kinmen, Taiwan.

During my internship work at Praud, I was a part of the development and design of the below completed visual submission. All the work displayed was created and produced by a team of 5 at Praud (Rafael Luna - co-founder, Dongwoo Yim - co-founder, Geonwoo Nam, Zhilin Ding).

Environmental Axon

Site Plan

Public Courtyard

Roofwalk

Departure Terminal

Arrival Terminal

D.C. Public Library

Work

2 weeks independent

Year

September 2011

Program

Public Library

Location

Washington, DC

This library design was inspired by the concept of an individual book. Like a chapter building upon the previous chapter, each floor of the building builds up from the next. Similar to the plot twists of a book, each of the buildings floor plans have slight variations in square feet, exterior and interior space, and most importantly axial orientation. The circular form mimics the way a story unfolds, like a narrative that comes full circle and links back to the beginning, its roots. The building’s steel sunscreen creates a protective layer that weaves the floors together, which symbolically represents a book’s cover. The concept of a book helps to create a story as one circulates, by keeping the visitors attention towards the central atrium, as a means of escape for the surrounding city.

Site Context

Library Entrance

Reception

Library Stacks

Atrium Lighting Study

Study Model

Open Area Atrium

Infotel

Work

Semester Independent Design Project

Year

Fall 2014

Program

Accommodations

Location

Providence, RI

The city of Boston hosts 22.1 million annual visitors. Boston Tourists account for 48% of MA state annual revenue. But with a single visitors center providing the needed information, tourist are stuck spending the time gathering this information. So how can we improve visitor’s experience? The answer is Infotel. Infotel is based on the concept of easy to access information. With Infotel, Boston can eliminate the hassle of travel by compiling needed information under one roof. By decreasing the hours spent traveling to tourist posts, persons have more time experiencing Boston. With a variety of collated information, Infotel can extend its clientele base by pulling from local, regional, national, and global data sources. My concept of an information portal is articulated in the module design as well as the dwelling unit, through its spatial layout and interactive characteristics.

Information + Hotel = Infotel

Climate Analysis

Work

2 Week Partner Research Project

Year

March 2013

Location

Providence, RI

This research investigates the climate conditions of our site, along the Woonasquatucket River in Providence RI. We studied the global, regional, and local conditions. Global winds and tides, affect storm cycles and magnitude along the northeast coastline. We examined historical data to understand the environmental changes throughout time. We examined regional precipitation, temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, and solar angles and their seasonal affects. The local climate conditions are altered due to the urban heat island effect and local microclimates. Tree cover and material location become determining factors for the local conditions.

New Tracks

Work

6 Week Independent Design Project

Year

Spring 2013

Program

Community Boating Center

Location

Providence, RI

Railroad development has a distinguished role in Providence’s past, which is exhibited through many of the city’s factory buildings. One such factory, The American Locomotive Company, called the Valley District its home. I wanted to continue revitalizing the history that railroads have played within Providence, and specifically this site. With the remnants of tracks running across the Woonasquatucket River and accessing the site, my concept plays off of the linear stacking of programmatic train cabs and the multiplicity of intersecting tracks. I created a system of pathways that bisect between activity zones as well as significant transition points. As one crosses the site from Valley Street to the River, these shifts in alignment cause the visitor to reorient himself to become aware of the surroundings and to become conscious of programmatic changes. I also used the technique of graded berms as a means to connect the hillside to the waterfront. In order to reintroduce the community to the River, I designed entirely new tracks that will bustle with activity along its bank.

Site Plan

Cross Section A

Cross Section B

Longitudinal Section

Catwalk

Public Swimming Pool

Above Ground Training Pool

Grading Model

Government Building

Firm

Davis Brody Bond, LLP

Year

Sept 2010 - Dec 2011

Location

Overseas Location

Program

Government Building

During my professional work, I was part of a three person team in charge of designing and programming the interior of a government monitored building. Due to specific security requirements, the design stipulations for the interior were very strict. Accommodations, such as personnel, program, and future growth were provide, and had to be designed to fit these exact specifications. My role in designing and programming the interior layouts provided me with extensive knowledge of blocking and stacking, codes, egress routes, and ADA requirements.